OpenSSF/OSV advisory MAL-2026-3776 confirms this npm version as malicious. The package impersonates the legitimate @tailwindcss/typography plugin: README, src/index.js, src/utils.js, and src/styles.js are copied verbatim from the Tailwind Labs plugin, and peerDependencies lists tailwindcss to reinforce the masquerade, but the package is published under the unrelated name typography-stylecss. Appended to src/index.js after the legitimate `module.exports = plugin.withOptions(...)` is an...
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OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV
Summary
Malicious code in typography-stylecss (npm)
Details
The package impersonates the legitimate @tailwindcss/typography plugin: README, src/index.js, src/utils.js, and src/styles.js are copied verbatim from the Tailwind Labs plugin, and peerDependencies lists tailwindcss to reinforce the masquerade, but the package is published under the unrelated name typography-stylecss. Appended to src/index.js after the legitimate `module.exports = plugin.withOptions(...)` is an obfuscator.io-style payload (hex-named identifiers _0x168f6b, _0x3fc27f, etc., with a rotated string table _0x5975). Decoded string-table fragments include platform branching ('win32', 'windows', 'agent-linux-') and a URL path template `/agents/<deploymentHash>` built against a base URL read from a `__SSTAR_API_BASE` global, consistent with downloading a platform-specific agent binary and executing it. Because this code sits at module top level, it fires on `require('typography-stylecss')` / `import 'typography-stylecss'` — exactly the usage the cloned README instructs developers to add to their `tailwind.config.js`. Any build or dev server that loads the Tailwind config will trigger the dropper, which fetches and runs an attacker-controlled native binary on the installer's machine.
Decision reason
OpenSSF Malicious Packages via OSV confirms typography-stylecss@0.7.4 as malicious (MAL-2026-3776): Malicious code in typography-stylecss (npm)